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1 results foundAuthor: McVie, Susan Title: Family Functioning and Substance Use at Ages 12 to 17 Summary: This paper explores the relationship between family functioning and substance use among young people aged 12 to 17. It draws on findings from the Edinburgh Study of Youth Transitions and Crime (the Edinburgh Study), a longitudinal research programme exploring pathways into and out of offending among a single age cohort of young people who started secondary school in the City of Edinburgh in 1998. Between the ages of 12 and 17, prevalence of smoking, drinking and illicit drug use increased continuously amongst cohort members. From age 13 onwards, girls were more likely to smoke weekly than boys, although there was little or no gender difference in terms of weekly drinking or drug use in the last year. Family characteristics and parenting styles were found to play a significant role in the substance using behaviour of young people. There was evidence of a causal link between these factors, since family related factors at age 15 predicted substance use at age 17. Excessive drinking and involvement in drug use amongst parents strongly predicted young people’s involvement in smoking and drug use. Parents’ drinking and drug use was not related to their children’s drinking. The difference may arise because smoking and drug use are considered deviant, whereas drinking is more widely accepted. Five dimensions of parenting consistently predicted involvement in smoking, drinking and drug use. Ineffective parenting methods were characterised by high levels of parent/ child conflict, poor parental monitoring and lack of leisure time spent doing activities together. Substance using children were likely to conceal information about their social activities from their parents, although they were more likely to report engaging in positive forms of conflict resolution. There were important demographic differences between smokers and other substance users which have policy implications for prevention strategies. Smokers were more likely to be female and from less affluent backgrounds, whereas drinkers and drug users (at age 17) were likely to be from more affluent backgrounds. These findings are broadly supportive of social learning theory and indicate the need to provide information on methods of parenting which may be more effective in tackling various forms of problematic behaviour, including substance use. Details: Edinburgh, Scotland: Centre for Law and Society, The University of Edinburgh, 2005. 35p. Source: The Edinburgh Study of Youth Transitions and Crime, Report No. 9: Internet Resource: Accessed July 18, 2012 at http://www.law.ed.ac.uk/cls/esytc/findings/digest9.pdf Year: 2005 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://www.law.ed.ac.uk/cls/esytc/findings/digest9.pdf Shelf Number: 102905 Keywords: Family Relationships (Scotland)Juvenile Offenders (Scotland)Parents (Scotland)Substance Abuse (Scotland) |